Rouzerville’s World War II monument will be rededicated in Red Run Park

Memorial Day has passed, but Washington Township isn’t finished honoring the nation and its veterans.

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By Zach GlennThe Record Herald

Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

By Zach GlennThe Record Herald

Posted Jun. 4, 2014 at 2:00 PM

By Zach GlennThe Record Herald

Posted Jun. 4, 2014 at 2:00 PM

ROUZERVILLE

Memorial Day has passed, but Washington Township isn’t finished honoring the nation and its veterans.

Township supervisors will meet Wednesday, June 11, at 7 p.m. at the Red Run Park memorial site and host a rededication of the cannon and Rouzerville World War II monument.

They were moved to Red Run Park during the construction of the 9/11 Tribute in 2012.

Remarks will be given at the rededication ceremony by state Sen. Richard Alloway II, a Republican who represents Franklin County; Ken Gilland, who restored the memorial; and Jeff Geesaman, chairman of the supervisors.

The World War II memorial has been refurbished in order to give it the same polished look as the more recent parts of the memorial and so that the names of the Rouzerville area veterans on the plaque are easy to read

“The memorial was moved from its old space, which was between two homes, to a space where it could get the proper recognition it was due,” said Stewart McCleaf, one of the people who spearheaded the restoration efforts.

The restoration and rededication have been an effort of the Rouzerville Business Association, the 9/11 Tribute Committee and Washington Township.

The work was donated by Ken Gilland of Gilland Memorial Works and Dave George.

“We took off the bronze plaque, got new hardware, did the back of the stone monument, reconstructed everything and refurbished the bronze plaque,” Gilland said.

Red Run Park’s memorial includes artifacts from three sites where planes crashed during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Future work includes installing blacktop in the parking lot and putting in a model of the Twin Towers.